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Can you ruin a television by setting a magnet on it?

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Magnets

Unfortunatley It can. D= My brother tried. :)
Yes that's right, he tried. The colours fade and everything goes all crap xD
P.S: Kids, don't try it at home D=
TV are electron emission from a cathode to the plate. Any magnetic flux can effect it. Actually to insure purity at turn on an AC flux is brought on the TV to insure no residual magnetics removal. This particular TV can be possibly be restored if A VERY STRONG AC magnet is slowly removed therefore removing the flux.

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